I love this book so much. It honestly might be one of my favorites of all time. I love the sense of place. All the details of Edinburgh at Christmas make me so happy. I love the main character, Carmen, who is so cranky. I love the bookshop, and the transformation the shop undergoes. This was a reread for me, and it surprised me each time how much I enjoyed this story. I read Bookshop on a Corner by Jenny Colgan and didn’t like it; so I didn’t expect to go from DNFing one of her books to LOVING another one. I think what really works for me here is that I love a cranky character when the story isn’t too angsty. Carmen doesn’t sit in place to navel gaze about her challenges. She’s active. She makes decisions. She does things, and that really works for me. I also love that she doesn’t transform into a new person by the end. She learns and grows, but she’s still her funny, skeptical self. Also, there are some truly funny moments, and moments of real beauty and wonder.